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Saint Gregory Palamas: The Homilies edited and translated from the original Greek, with an introduction and notes by Christopher Veniamin

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The scholar's edition: for priests, theologians and the educated layperson.

The first edition of all sixty-three extant sermons by St. Gregory to appear in English translation, presented together with an Introduction to the Homilies, over 1,000 notes and scholia, an index of Scriptural References, an index of Names and Subjects, and an index of Greek Words, designed to transform this remarkable treasury of Patristic wisdom into an invaluable reference resource for the student of theology.

Saint Gregory gave to the Church what is surely the most complete synthesis and perfect formulation of the Apostolic tradition of all generations. His theology, in a charismatic and ‘existential’ way, recapitulates, in its entirety, the spiritual experience of the saints of the Old and New Testaments . . . The sermons of Saint Gregory Palamas, in spirited and uncomplicated idiom, render his entire life’s work accessible to the people of God. In fact, they form the most complete introduction not only to his theology, but to the theology of all the great Fathers of the Church.”

Archimandrite Zacharias
Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, England

About the Editor
Christopher Veniamin is a disciple of Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov).

Born and raised in London, of Greek Cypriot parents, Dr. Veniamin holds degrees in theology from the universities of Thessalonica and Oxford and is Professor of Patristics at St. Tikhon’s Seminary in Pennsylvania.

An avid cantor, Professor Veniamin also holds the four-year degree in Byzantine Chant from the SS. Romanus Molodus and John Damascene School of Ecclesiastical Music in Thessalonica.